Earlier this year I created a short list of top rubyist to follow on Twitter. At that time, that list was the first list of programming twitterers I had come across. Since then many other folks have created lists of programmers that are on twitter to follow. No matter how long the [...]
There was a large contingent of Microsoft evangelist at this years Silicon Valley Codecamp 2008 pushing Microsoft Azure, XNA, and Silverlight technologies. I was able to see Microsoft Surface in action. Surface is an interactive table top, it reminds me of a large iPhone made into a coffee table. Just like the [...]
Jason Mauer set out to destroy the universe with Microsoft XNA at Silicon Valley Codecamp 2008. No, XNA is not a doomsday device from Microsoft. XNA can be a confusing term thanks to MSFT marketing, but in a nutshell it is a next generation game development platform for PC, XBox 360, and Zune. [...]
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At this year’s Silicon Valley Codecamp, there was a large contingent of .NET evangelists in the speakers list. I attended yet another Silverlight presentation, this time given by Lino Tadros of Falafel Software. Most of the Microsoft technologist present at this years codecamp seem to be under heavy NDA, and they make it [...]
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Sriram Krishnan wanted to defrag the room, it was a jam packed house like a tin of binary sardines, all for a new color from Microsoft, Windows Azure. Sriram Krishnan of Microsoft spoke at the Silicon Valley Codecamp 2008 on Microsoft’s new cloud computing initiative. From the onset Sriram warned the audience [...]
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Dave Britton of Vertigo was at Silicon Valley Codecamp 2008 and gave a presentation on Silverlight 2.0. Dave highlighted that there is a tight integration between ASP.NET and Silverlight. Silverlight also has rich tooling support with Visual Studio 2008 and Expression Blend. Dave also recommended Silverlight Spy, you need to be using [...]
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